Wen Huaibing, a young gentleman from a prestigious family, was caught up in a political storm. He was thrown into the imperial prison and sentenced to be executed after the autumn harvest.
One day in autumn, just before his execution, the wall collapsed.
Amid the dust and dim moonlight, his cellmate from the neighboring cell crossed the rubble, wearing a half-human, half-demon face and smiling brightly.
"Lord Wen, let's escape for our lives."
"Are you a demon, miss?"
"No. I've been possessed by a summoned demon."
"How do we escape?"
"When I'm possessed, I control the demon for twelve hours. After twelve hours, the demon controls me. So I'll save you within those twelve hours..."
Wen Huaibing: And after twelve hours?
Xin Chan: You save me.
A spirit medium teetering on the brink of losing control x a sickly, outwardly gentle but inwardly calculating nobleman
Theme: The destruction and reconstruction of self-knowledge
